The settlement includes victim compensation, acknowledgment of subpar police conduct, and mandatory training of the police force
October 18, 2023
Trump’s unfounded claims shouldn’t be allowed to delay his federal conspiracy trial
October 18, 2023
Protect Democracy and the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) urge the FEC to use its existing authority to clarify that use of AI in campaign communications to deceive or defraud voters is illegal.
October 17, 2023
The goal of this afterword is to draw out the essential lessons for those pursuing solutions to American political parties’ current challenges.
October 17, 2023
This report exists because political scientists are alarmed by the real possibility of serious democratic backsliding in the United States.
October 17, 2023
We outline two seemingly contradictory observations about political parties in the United States: Parties are essential to democracy, but U.S. institutions are often hostile to them.
October 17, 2023
Poland’s surprise opposition victory reveals the most important pro-democracy maxim: don’t let the coalition fracture.
October 17, 2023
In this chapter, we give some ‘pros and cons’ of three PR forms: mixed-member proportional, single transferable vote, and open-list proportional.
October 16, 2023
The American party system has developed in a context which traditionally includes partisan primaries, categorical ballots and plurality winners chosen in single-round elections.
October 16, 2023
In addressing how factions and organizational issues within and across the parties influence whether parties and leaders behave responsibly, this chapter assesses party and actor incentives.
October 15, 2023